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Senior
Transport Planner – Active Travel
Salary: £45,529- £50,908 Grade: F16
Directorate: Transport
Reports to: Transport Strategy Lead
Location: Chesterfield (hybrid)
Shape the
future of transport across the East Midlands
This is an
exciting time to join the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) as we
take forward transport devolution and develop our first regional Local
Transport Plan.
We are looking
for an ambitious and experienced Senior Transport Planner to lead the
development of our regional Active Travel Strategy.
This is a
chance to have a real impact on how people walk, wheel and cycle across the
East Midlands — helping create healthier, safer, more accessible and more
welcoming places for everyone.
You will help
set the region’s ambition for active travel, ensuring it supports wider
priorities including health, air quality, accessibility, healthy streets,
liveable neighbourhoods and sustainable growth. You will consider how we can
enable children and young people to travel safely to school, connect new
communities sustainably to jobs and services, and make the most of cycling’s
contribution to leisure and the visitor economy.
About the
role
You will lead
the Active Travel Strategy from evidence and policy development through to
engagement, implementation and evaluation, working closely with local
authorities and partners across the region.
You will:
- Lead the development of an
ambitious, evidence-led regional Active Travel Strategy and its
integration into the Local Transport Plan.
- Develop and interpret transport
data, research and technical evidence to shape strategy and investment
decisions, including updating Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure
Plans (LCWIPs).
- Commission and manage consultants,
providing clear direction and constructive challenge to their work.
- Develop monitoring and evaluation
frameworks and use evidence to understand impact.
- Build strong relationships with
local authority active travel teams and wider partners, influencing and
challenging to raise ambition and performance.
- Prepare high-quality strategies,
reports and briefings for senior decision-makers, including the Mayor and
Transport Committee.
- Project manage work from conception
through to delivery, managing risks, dependencies, resources and outcomes.
- Represent EMCCA at meetings and
events, advocating for our regional transport ambitions.
You will also
contribute to the wider Transport Strategy portfolio, including public
transport, highways, decarbonisation, accessibility, safety, freight and the
relationship between transport and spatial planning.
About you
You will have
substantial experience in transport planning, policy development and strategy
delivery, with a strong understanding of active travel and its role within
wider transport and place-making policy.
You will bring:
- Extensive experience developing and
delivering strategies, from defining the evidence base through to
implementation and evaluation.
- Strong knowledge of walking,
wheeling and cycling policy and best practice.
- An understanding of how active
travel can deliver wider benefits for health, accessibility, air quality
and communities.
- Strong analytical and numerical
skills, with experience using transport data and appraisal methods to
inform strategy.
- Excellent written and verbal
communication skills, with the ability to turn complex evidence into clear
recommendations.
- Strong project management,
influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
- The confidence and credibility to
work across organisational boundaries and build effective partnerships.
- Political awareness and an
understanding of the evolving transport policy and regulatory environment.
You will be
educated to degree level or equivalent in transport planning, civil
engineering, urban planning, geography or a related discipline. Membership of a
relevant professional body or evidence of continuing professional development
is desirable.
Why join us?
There has
rarely been a more exciting time to shape transport in the East Midlands. With
transport devolution and the development of our first regional Local Transport
Plan, you will have the opportunity to influence policy at a formative stage
and help turn ambition into transformational change on the ground.
If you want to
think big, work collaboratively and make a lasting difference to how people
move around our region, we would love to hear from you.
Closing
Date: 11th October 2026
Proposed
Interview Date: 27th October 2026